As published in the Irish Times 9th June 2017 – article by Ruth O’Connor Picture yourself down low, moving across the sea in thick fog. Suddenly Viking ships loom towards you and dead bodies float in the water. You check yourself and remove your visor to make sure you won’t fall off the goatskin-covered bench you’re sitting on, but quickly put the it back on again because the immersive virtual reality (VR) experience is just too exciting. This is the work of Emagine – the company whose project King of the Vikings, funded by Fáilte Ireland, Ireland’s Ancient East and …

Following the successful 2012 charity fundraiser where Alan raised €15,000 by running 35 marathons in 35 consecutive days around the Irish coastline for the Irish Heart Foundation, he will be attempting to push himself even further this May and raise more funds for charity. Alan will be swimming up to ten hours a day and covering more than an Olympic Marathon each swim until the 500km is completed. Shot at 6am, on a cold April morning on Kilfarrasy beach, Co.Waterford, the Emagine video team produced this online promo video to help play our part in this exciting project. Director / …

September 2016. Accommodation links at the end of the pics. Arrived in Keflavik airport, picked up the rental car, hit the nearest supermarket, bought new woolly gloves and drove for 3 days… it’s not all that expensive either (if you can avoid Reykjavík). All accommodation booked via AirBnB, if you never used them before, click this link to get €35 off your first booking. Places we stayed on this trip: Cute little cottage in the Golden Circle with an AMAZING hot-tub Perfect guest house only 6 minutes from the airport

NYC, New Jersey, Maine, Vermont, Boston… June/July 2016. All accommodation via AirBnB, list of locations at end of post. All accommodation booked via AirBnB, if you never used them before, click this link to get €35 off your first booking. Places we stayed on this trip: Apartment in Brooklyn, NYC Rustic Cabin on China Lake, ME Cottage near Bar Harbour, Ellsworth, ME Forest Hideaway, Plainfield, VT